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EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… fourteen years' hard labour for sedition, but was released early in 1903. Le Fleur is also known as 'die Hervormer', the …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… South Africa was once again ravaged by heavy floods in early 2011, leading to fears of a repeat of the disaster 11 …
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… Tergat only began running after he completed high school. Early in his career he broke the record by winning five …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… born on 25 November 1980 in Boipatong Johannesburg. In his early career, he played for local teams such as Jomo Cosmos. …
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… Great Britain transferred power in 1910 to the white settlers who proceeded to exploit and oppress the black … the freedom of Algeria where there were a…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
… the aboriginal subject races should be. The first English settlers were recruited principally from missionaries whose … and the economic development of a…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… many mythical and adventure stories, beginning in the early 1880s. His most famous book is King Solomon's Mines … began writing in the 1940s, was of mixed…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… because their FSAW structures were no longer in place. In early 1961 it was decided that regional organisers should try … the Eastern Cape section suffered a…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… His desire to become a photographer grew out of this early inspiration, and also the movie nights his school would … colour. During this period in his young…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… apartheid state; The emergence of conscientious objection: early alliances and issues leading to the formation of the …
ArchiveMarxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
… internal and external historiographical developments. The early Marxist approach was constituted by the climate of …
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… of her works, Ntshalintshali drew inspiration from her early years at mission school. She won numerous awards …
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… Ocean, were occupied by the two colonial powers since the early 19th century. In 1956, in accordance with a decision by …
EventZola Budd returns to SA
… and winning one world record after the other in the early 1980s. …
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… the three men sang the 'Red Flag', the official anthem of early socialists and communists in South Africa. …
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… On 4 September 1899, an 1820 Settler and early South African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in …
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… the Dutch Reformed Church, was instrumental in developing early tertiary education in South Africa especially for …
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… The relationship between the two countries in 1970s and early 1980s was fraught with friction. This was the case …
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… might have been introduced to humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. Today Africa has millions of people who have …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… The UN had been vocal about the apartheid policy since the early 1950s. On 1 April 1960, the UN Security Council, in its …
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… country was readmitted to the international stage in the early 1990s. …
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… on 26 August 1978. She began participating in sports at an early age. Her long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her …
A Place of Freedom
… in a society that moved from informal segregation in the early years of the twentieth century to full-blown apartheid …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… was one of the leaders that advocated a migration as early as 1834, but the Great trek 'officially' began in 1835 …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… leader. Anton Mziwakhe Lembede passed away at the a very early age of 33, leaving a leadership gap that the … this clashed with the ANC policy of racial…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… and transport infrastructure in late 19th and early 20th Centuries. After the South African War of … at Reverend Doke's home in Braamfontein, South Africa …
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… it was announced that they would depart for Egypt in early April. The Battalion left Kimberley in three special … Allenby planned a major offensive to…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… is almost entirely due to the munificence of the early Patrons of the Gallery. The Main Building, designed by … examples of British Art and many leading…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… ´Durban Moment´ popularly refers to the period in the early 1970s when Durban became the location of processes and … and increased political activism in…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… Africa; South Africa a historical political overview; Early developments of white and non-white sport in South …